Educational Institutions
Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Higher educational institutions; regulation of firearms. [HB-1226]
Regulating firearms by educational institution. Provides that the board of visitors or other governing body of an educational institution has the power to establish rules and regulations for the possession or transportation of firearms or ammunition on property owned or operated by the institution.
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Higher educational institutions; clarifies policies & procedures for violence prevention on campus. [HB-116]
Public institutions of higher education; violence prevention. Clarifies that policies and procedures for the prevention of violence on campus, including assessment and intervention with individuals whose behavior poses a threat to the safety of the campus community, shall be developed both by four-year and two-year public institutions of higher education.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings by local and regional public bodies. [HB-1149]
Freedom of Information Act; electronic communication meetings by local and regional public bodies. Expands the authority for the conduct of electronic communication meetings to all public bodies. Currently, local public bodies are prohibited from conducting public meetings in this manner, except when the Governor declares a state of emergency. The bill contains technical amendments.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Career and technical education; industry certifications mandatory part of program. [HB-1108]
Career and technical education industry certifications. Delays for one year the effective date of legislation providing that, where there is a national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel or programs for automotive technology, the Board of Education must make such certification a mandatory part of the career and technical education program.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Advanced placement tests; course credit. [HB-1031]
Advanced placement tests; course credit. Requires that all public institutions of higher education grant course credit to any student who earns a three or higher on an Advanced Placement examination or a comparable score for courses in the International Baccalaureate or Cambridge Advanced (A/AS) programs. An institution may require, however, that a score of four or higher is needed to apply such course credit toward curriculum degree requirements rather than elective courses.
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Virginia 2012 Regular Session
Tuition; higher educational institutions to determine undergraduate out-of-state charges. [HB-1004]
Public institutions of higher education; undergraduate out-of-state tuition charges. Requires the boards of visitors of every public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to set tuition and fee charges at levels they deem to be appropriate for all nonresident student groups at each such institution based on competitive market rates, provided that the tuition and fee rates for nonresident undergraduate students are at least 100 percent of the average cost of education at that institution.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary. [SJR-474]
Commending Christopher Newport University on the occasion of its semicentenary.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commending The College of William and Mary School of Education on its 50th anniversary. [SJR-468]
Commending the College of William and Mary School of Education on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commending the students, etc., of Virginia College and University Legislative Redistricting Comp. [SJR-416]
Commending the students, faculty sponsors, and organizers of the Virginia College and University Legislative Redistricting Competition.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
FERPA and HIPAA, federal; urges Congress to restore in loco parentis, etc. [SJR-399]
Memorializing Congress to amend the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191). Urges Congress to restore in loco parentis at institutions of higher education and to require parental notification of destructive and illegal student behaviors by amending the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. §1232g) and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191).
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Commending The George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus. [SJR-377]
Commending The George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology Campus.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Virginia Commonwealth University; board of visitors to convey certain property to City of Richmond. [SB-971]
Property transfer; Virginia Commonwealth University: City of Richmond. Authorizes the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University to convey certain real property to the City of Richmond. Under the bill, the property must be used for the official Richmond Slave Trail located in Richmond, Virginia, and such use must commence within five years of the conveyance. If these conditions are not met, the property shall revert to the board of visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Visitors, boards of; adds two members to each public college and university. [SB-939]
Boards of visitors; adding two members. Adds two members to the boards of visitors of each public college and university, to be chosen by the other members.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition, in-state; waiver of one-year residency requirement for veterans. [SB-824]
Eligibility for in-state tuition; waiver of one-year residency requirement. Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. This bill incorporates
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program; established. [SB-819]
Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program. Establishes the Two-Year College Scholarship Match Program to provide matching funds to two-year college foundations and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. Funds paid shall not exceed $5 million, in aggregate, in any fiscal year. These funds shall be used to award scholarships to students who (i) are domiciled residents of Virginia and (ii) are enrolled in an associate degree program in a Virginia two-year college studying science, technology, engineering, math, education, or nursing.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Higher Educational Institutions Bond Act of 2011; created. [SB-801]
Bonds; capital projects at institutions of higher learning. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount up to $64,579,000 plus financing costs to finance revenue-producing capital projects at Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia State University. The bill declares that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Tuition; covered higher educational institutions to charge based on ability to pay. [SB-720]
Tuition charges; covered institutions of higher education. Authorizes the covered institutions governed by Subchapter 3 (§23-38.91 et seq.) of the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act to charge either a fixed tuition amount or a variable tuition amount based on ability to pay.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
College Building Authority; acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued. [SB-454]
Private institutions of higher education; credit enhancement. Allows the Virginia College Building Authority to issue or acquire credit enhancements to secure payment of bonds issued by the Authority. Credit enhancements include, without limitation, surety bonds, insurance policies, letters of credit, guarantees and other forms of collateral or security as well as capital reserve funds for private institutions of higher education.
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Investment in research and technology; expands Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund, etc. [SB-1485]
Investment in research and technology in the Commonwealth. Amends the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) to allow for awards for a matching funds program and an eminent researcher program. The bill also expands upon the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Investment Authority's (IEIA) current responsibility to develop a strategic roadmap for research in the Commonwealth. The roadmap shall identify areas of focus for research investment in the Commonwealth based upon criteria set forth in the bill, and any awards from the CRCF must fall
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Virginia 2011 Regular Session
Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund. [SB-1484]
Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act; use of nongeneral fund revenues. Provides that nongeneral fund revenues of institutions of higher education under a management agreement pursuant to the Restructuring Act that are deposited in the state treasury shall only be expended for the educational and general or auxiliary enterprise purposes for which they were received. Such revenues shall in no case be transferred to the general fund.